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Early Middle Ages Review, multiple choice quiz, not timed.
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Quest i on1 1/1pt s Which of the following was NOT essential to the medieval synthesis?

Germanic culture

Chinese culture

Roman culture

Christian culture

Quest i on2 1/1pt s The landmark literature of the Germanic tribes took the form of

comedic plays

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troubadour poetry

epics

Quest i on3 1/1pt s The Battle of Adrianople was a landmark event that

kept the Germanic tribes out of the West

created a lasting alliance between Roman and Germanic peoples

replaced the Roman emperor with a Germanic one

opened the door to the Germanic invasion of the West

Quest i on4

1/1pt s The events surrounding the battle at Roncevalles are famously recorded in

Beowulf

the Bayeux Tapestry

The Song of Roland

the Song of the Nibelungs

Quest i on5 1/1pt s The interlace designs of the Book of Kells are most similar to the patterns

in Buddhist religious texts

on metalwork artifacts from Germanic graves

in paintings in Germanic temples

on stone artifacts from Greco-Roman graves

Quest i on6 1/1pt s Among the most numerous and impressive landmarks of the Carolingian renaissance were

enduring political systems

stone sculptures

improvements on Roman engineering

illuminated manuscripts in more legible script

Quest i on7 1/1pt s

The Carolingian renaissance depended greatly on

the Crusades

Benedictine monasteries

troubadours

civil servants

Quest i on8 1/1pt s An important center of learning in Charlemagne's time was the palace-school at

Lindisfarne

Novgorod

Aachen

Hastings

Quest i on9 1/1pt s It may be said of early medieval Western books that they were

made from vellum or parchment and often other costly materials

prepared for and by monks and clerics rather than laypeople

transcribed and decorated by hand

All these answers are correct

Quest i on10 1/1pt s The first novel in world history was written by

Charlemagne

Murasaki Shikibu

the countess of Dia

Chrétien de Troyes

Quest i on11 1/1pt s Japanese samurai abided by a warrior code known as

Daoism

bushido

Genji

Heian

Quest i on12 1/1pt s Medieval feudalism in Europe

was modeled on that of Japan

involved the exchange of land for military service

lasted only through the reign of Charlemagne

All these answers are correct

Quest i on13 1/1pt s The medieval serf was

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an unfree rural laborer

the vassal of a wealthy lord

a member of the fighting class

Quest i on14 1/1pt s . Games of combat imitating medieval warfare were called

investitures

latifundia

jousts

trysts

Quest i on15 1/1pt s The Bayeux Tapestry recorded which historical event?

The Norman conquest of England

The ambush at the "Gate of Spain"

The Fourth Crusade

The coronation of Charlemagne

Quest i on16 1/1pt s The Christian Crusades

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begin as an effort to rescue Jerusalem from the Muslims

were commonly fought by the younger sons of the feudal nobility

were an economic boon to Italian merchants

Quest i on17 1/1pt s The primary subject of a chanson de geste was

the social happenings of an aristocratic court

the pleasures of rural life

heroic deeds

illicit romance

Quest i on18 1/1pt s Which of the following statements about twelfth-century troubadours is FALSE?

Their songs often focused on passionate affection and physical pleasure

They accompanied their singing with the playing of a lute

Their art was influenced by Arabic traditions

They were usually of lowly birth

Quest i on19 1/1pt s The tradition of courtly love

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originated at the court of Charlemagne

shaped modern concepts of gender

reveals that medieval females were considered the equals of males

Quest i on20 1/1pt s Medieval music-drama originated with the

embellishment of the Mass

study of Greek tragedy

use of musical instruments

expansion of troubadour poetry

Quest i on21 1/1pt s The intellectual elite of Tang and Song China were deeply influenced by

military imperialism

Confucian traditions

the Carolingian renaissance

Japanese traditional culture

Quest i on22 1/1pt s The Tang and Song eras were a Golden Age of

maritime expansion

the reformation and simplification of Chinese characters

All these answers are correct

landscape painting

Quest i on23 1/1pt s Which of the following was NOT among the landmarks of Tang and Song China?

The creation of a simplified Chinese writing system

The perfection of porcelain

Excellence in landscape painting

The use of gunpowder...